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4701. Improving the approach to defining, classifying, reporting and monitoring adverse events in seriously ill older adults: recommendations from a multi-stakeholder convening. | PSNet
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      July 29, 2020 - When serious adverse events such as death are reported, they are typically associated with poor patient … safety. … safety imperative. … Related Resources Annual Perspective Improving Diagnostic Safety … adverse events, adverse drug events, and quality of life in older patients: an observational study.

4702. Final Progress Report: Drug-Drug Interaction Clinical Decision Support Conference Series (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2024 - The overarching goal of the conference series was to improve patient safety through the appropriate … net and will, ultimately, lead to improved medication use and patient safety throughout the nation. … Patient care and safety are best achieved when all members of the team have knowledge of what other … age, lab results) to improve DDI alerts33-36 Patient-focused CDS and ADE Surveillance • How patients … Medical Teamwork and Patient Safety: The Evidence-based Relation. July 2005.

4703. Double Trouble | PSNet
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      August 01, 2012 - Starting therapy in an elderly patient with a single agent is generally a safer strategy, and many patients … This case highlights many important opportunities to improve medication safety in older patients, including … Safety issues may arise soon after hospital discharge due to discontinuities in care or communication … ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Institute for Safe Medication Practices Web site. … Resources From the Same Author(s) Perspective Medication Safety

4704. Executive Summary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      July 01, 2013 - At any given time, HAIs affect 1 out of every 20 hospital patients. The U.S. … Educational Trust and its partners, the Michigan Health & Hospital Association's Keystone Center for Patient … Safety & Quality, St. … Measures related to safety culture are key to assessing project-related improvements in patient safety … Safety Culture and the Team Checkup Tool.

4705. Spotlight Case [MONTH] 2003 (ppt file)
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      October 01, 2011 - activity (e.g., post-operative setting) Safe monitoring of response to therapy (e.g., physiological safety … Early activity is feasible and safe in respiratory failure patients. … Managing the patient on mechanical ventilation in ICU: early mobility and walking program. … Managing the patient on mechanical ventilation in ICU: early mobility and walking program. … Managing the patient on mechanical ventilation in ICU: early mobility and walking program.

4706. Milliliters vs. Milligrams | PSNet
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      September 01, 2004 - A medication safety goal should be the preparation of patient-specific doses for all patients: infants … These costs must be balanced by the associated improvements in patient safety. … Patient Safety. Bethesda, MD: American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Web site. … April 7, 2019 Patient safety: a consumer's perspective. … August 3, 2022 Sensemaking of patient safety risks and hazards.

4707. 003-Ss-Antimicrobial-Prophylaxis-Part-2-Fg (doc file)
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      April 01, 2025 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI Antimicrobial Prophylaxis: Part 2 Beyond the … The next slide will review additional evidence about the efficacy and safety of topical administration … Due to the uncertain safety and efficacy of the practice, the ASHP and CDC guidelines recommend against … Based on the current data, it appears to still be an unresolved issue, one where safety and efficacy … Open and educated communication is key to creating a culture of safety, where these defects are less

4708. The effect of the electronic transmission of prescriptions on dispensing errors and prescription enhancements made in English community pharmacies: a naturalistic stepped wedge study. | PSNet
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      December 16, 2020 - April 14, 2011 Multiple component patient safety intervention in English hospitals: controlled … February 23, 2011 Exploring safety systems for dispensing in community pharmacies: focusing … February 26, 2014 e-Prescribing: characterisation of patient safety hazards in community … More See More About The Topic Outpatient Pharmacy Pharmacists Quality and Safety

4709. S16 (pdf file)
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      October 01, 2007 - evidence is centered on the protocol-driven ran- domized trials, which the FDA requires to establish safety … information from industry-funded trials may remain unpublished, limiting the ability to examine potential safety … carefully studied in trials (especially rare or slow emerging harms); explore sources of heterogeneity in safety … may depend on severity of strokes, patient preferences. … patients; audits could examine the rates at which women and patients over age 80 are undergoing surgery

4710. #05 DEPRESSION (pdf file)
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      December 01, 2014 - Adoption could be limited by ketamine’s cost, inconsistent clinical trial data, and safety risks, multiple … But one expert with a research 5 background, citing ketamine’s safety risk and lack of long-term … be limited; these experts cited ketamine’s safety risks and lack of robust clinical trial data as … In contrast, scopolamine’s known safety profile and possible oral and patch delivery options, bolstered … A study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of intranasal esketamine in treatment-resistant depression

4711. Cardiac Arrest in a Woman with UTI: A Case of QT Prolongation | PSNet
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      March 27, 2024 - The pharmacy department should regularly review and update this list as part of its patient safety efforts … Patient Safety Primer: Alert Fatigue. Patient Safety Network 2019.  … January 23, 2019 Patient safety in developing countries: retrospective estimation of … March 29, 2012 Measures of patient safety in developing and emerging countries: a review … April 14, 2021 Patient safety research: an overview of the global evidence.

4712. SSI Investigation Tool (doc file)
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      January 01, 2017 - Infection Investigation Tool Introduction Problem Statement Your team cannot always predict which patients … program or Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) meeting. … SSI Investigation Tool 2 AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery Data Table QUESTION DATA Patient name … Did the patient use a mechanical bowel preparation and oral antibiotics preoperatively? … Did the patient use chlorhexidine washcloths prior to surgery? Yes No 6.

4713. Core Functionality for Pediatric EHRs | Digital Healthcare Research
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      January 01, 2023 - support the work of child health care providers and support the delivery of quality care to pediatric patients … medication dosing, pediatric disease management, pediatric norms, and the relationship between pediatric patients … that if these functionalities are implemented well, the EHR also will better support the care of all patients … pediatric functionalities for EHRs are currently driven by (1) Meaningful Use requirements and the patient-centered … medical home; (2) a desire to support and maintain patient safety; and (3) the increasing presence of

4714. Final Progress Report: Leveraging a Social Network of Elders and Families To Improve Medication Safety at Transitions of Care (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2024 - and family empowerment, and ultimately patient safety. … Connecting Patients and Clinicians: The Anticipated Effects of Open Notes on Patient Safety and Quality … to improve medication safety: the Patient Gateway medications module. … Contribution of the IMIA Health Informatics for Patient Safety Working Group. … What stands in the way of technology-mediated patient safety improvements?

4715. Results | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      February 01, 2014 - preventive care for women and adolescent girls, prenatal care, pediatric use of the emergency department, patient … safety, and followup care for behavioral health and mental illness.

4716. "I wish I had seen this test result earlier!": dissatisfaction with test result management systems in primary care. | PSNet
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      February 15, 2011 - poor satisfaction with current management strategies, and the need for a tool that both helps generate patient … February 18, 2011 Effect of bar-code technology on the safety of medication administration … January 9, 2008 Patient safety concerns arising from test results that return after hospital … January 15, 2025 Patient safety in actioning and communicating blood test results in

4717. S58 (pdf file)
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      October 01, 2007 - PhD*‡ Abstract: Medicaid claims and eligibility data, particularly when linked to other sources of patient-level … Sensitivity represents the algorithm’s effectiveness in classifying diag- nosis-positive clients (based … Specificity is the detection algorithm’s capacity to classify diagnosis-negative clients as diagnosis … Careful construction and validation of diagnostic indicators and clinical classifications from claims … Available at: http://www. fda.gov/medwatch/safety/2006/safety06.htm#chronological.

4718. Introduction | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      September 01, 2024 - The Patient’s Role in Diagnostic Safety and Excellence: From Passive Reception Toward Co-Design Introduction … Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents The Patient’s Role in Diagnostic Safety … concerns are too often the last to be considered. 3 , 4 The issues surrounding diagnostic error, quality, safety … Limited attention to the patient’s role in diagnostic safety is perpetuated in how we identify diagnostic … Patient satisfaction surveys.

4719. Spike in fatal medication errors at the beginning of each month. | PSNet
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      January 26, 2022 - Effects on resident work hours, sleep duration and work experience in a Randomized Order Safety … June 9, 2011 Effect of genetic diagnosis on patients with previously undiagnosed disease … All consumer medication information is not created equal: implications for medication safety … March 27, 2013 Diagramming patients' views of root causes of adverse drug events in ambulatory

4720. The nature and occurrence of registration errors in the emergency department. | PSNet
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      September 28, 2016 - This study describes several instances of near misses that occurred due to patient misidentification … , such as physicians being unable to access previous test results because—unknown to them—the patient … Previous studies in adult and pediatric inpatients have also identified patient misidentification … December 10, 2014 Patient safety in the ED. … View More See More About The Topic Emergency Departments Quality and Safety